'The Heaven of Glory and the Heaven of Faith' : A poem by St Elizabeth of the Trinity Week Three 'Voice of Earth' he saints in Heav'n ......

Week Two 'Voice of Heaven' Infinite Being! Depth unsoundable! Delighted, lost in Your Divinity - O Trinity, God thrice immutable We see...

The Heaven of Glory and the Heaven of Faith : A Poem by St. Elizabeth of the Trinity Week One We who are bathed in Light, within the...

AECI Lent 2022 Reflection - Abode of Light (Day 1): "I dreamt it was my joy" What makes you 'joyous'? Do you regard 'joy' as a spiritual...

The AECI Advent 2021 Retreat ('The Challenge of Time') will remain on the AECI website page at www.aecinstitute.org/blog throughout the...

Conclusion - Signs of the New Covenant 'I want to keep my eyes fixed on you and to remain under your great light. O my Beloved Star, so...

Zechariah's Prophecy These are the final two elements of our AECI Advent Half Day Retreat. Thank you again for joining us! In an earlier...

Ways To Rest 'Beyond them ... rest in its Master, above all things’ (Elizabeth of the Trinity) At the beginning of this AECI Half Day...

Re-Organizing Time - God's Mercy 'It is there in the very depths that the divine impact takes place, where the abyss of our nothingness...

Compassion and Time Mark Davis in his beautiful book 'Glimpses of The Carmelite Way' writes: 'Our own developing intimacy with God...

Illusions and Delusions of Time 'Let nothing disturb my peace nor separate me from You, O my unchanging God' (Elizabeth of the Trinity)...

The Magnificat (Luke 1: 46-55) The 'Song of Mary', in the Gospel of Luke, seems to encompass elements of the past, the present and the...

A Grasp of the Present 'See Him present living in your soul' - Elizabeth of the Trinity How many times when we aim to sit in silence for...

Learning More About John the Baptist: In this short video clip Fr. Michael Cox (O.Carm) of Aylesford Carmelite Priory in Kent reflects of...

'O Come, O Come Emmanuel' Here we have a beautiful rendition of the traditional hymn for Advent and Christmas, 'O Come, O Come,...

Introduction Welcome to this short Advent Half Day Retreat, on what is the Fourth Sunday of Advent (Sunday 19th December), a time when we...

AECI – ‘Abandon Your Anger?’ 'Abandon Your Anger?' Ash Wednesday: The Season of Lent provides an opportunity for us to reflect on our...

Step 6/Week Six: Primal Gifts 'Going Beyond’ The Present: This AECI blog has been written in the midst of the global 'coronavirus...

Step 5/Week Five: 'The world’s thy ship and not thy home' These words were spoken by Carmelite nun , St Therese of Liseiux (1873 -...

Step 4/Week Four : 'Water Lilies' This might seem a rather odd title for a blog entry on the impact of unemployment but we hope it...